Two new earthworms of the Pheretima sangirensis species group (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mountain Province, Philippines

Yong Hong; Samuel W. James

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4995.2.8

Two new earthworms of the Pheretima sangirensis species group (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mountain Province, Philippines

Yong Hong^*
, Samuel W. James

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Plant Medicine

Maharishi International University

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Abstract

Two new species of the genus Pheretima are described from Mt. Amuyao and Mt. Lamagan, Mountain Province, Philippines, namely Pheretima riparianensis sp. nov. and Pheretima bontocensis sp. nov. Both new species belong to the P. sangirensis species group characterized by having only one pair of spermathecal pores in 7/8. Pheretima riparianensis sp. nov. has distance between spermathecal pores 1–2 mm; copulatory bursae openings 0.11 circumference ventrally apart. Pheretima bontocensis sp. nov. has distance between spermathecal pores 1.4 mm; copulatory bursae openings 0.10 circumference ventrally apart.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	357-366
Number of pages	10
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	4995
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4995.2.8
State	Published - 2021.06.30

Keywords

Biodiversity
Mt. Amuyao
Mt. Lamagan
New species
Philippines
Taxonomy

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

Agriculture & Forestry

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Two new earthworms of the Pheretima sangirensis species group (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mountain Province, Philippines

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